Herschel Museum of Astronomy
19 New King Street, Bath, Avon, BA1 2BL, South West
Thanks to a generous donation from The William Herschel Society we will be running a new programme of solar and star gazing sessions from Thursday 30 July until Saturday 29 August. Sessions are for family or household groups. You will be welcomed and taken through to our museum garden, the very place where William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. Telescopes will be set up and our team will be on hand but at a safe distance, to help you interpret the skies above. Pre-booking timed slots is essential.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 29/08/2020
Event organiser
Herschel Museum of Astronomy is organising this event
Please contact Herschel Museum of Astronomy directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Sat 29th Aug
Local light pollution
Herschel Museum of Astronomy is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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